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Be it known that I, WTLLIAM I. LUTHER, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Iniprovementin Faucets for ChampagnefBottles, Sncf; and I do hereby declare that'tlie following is afull and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part o f -this specification. n

Figli-relis an elevation of my improved device as applied to a champagne-bottle.

Fignref?, a central vertical' sectin of thetsame'.

lFigure 3, a cross-section in plane n: z, lig. 2. l

Like-letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the gures. I i My invention consistslrin the construction and arrangem'ent of the instrument, whereby it Ais seltacting, closing, as it enters the cork, to exclude-the cuttings, andopcning, as it passes through,.to allow the flow of the f In the drawings, A indicates the outer vshell 'or case, having a longitudinal passage, a, for' the flow of the liquid, and provided with a screw, b, at the bottom, for entering the cork. In an enlargement, c, of theupper portion of the shell, 'is -tteda. stop-cock, Las shown. Atthelower end of the screw is also situated an openingpoint,f, whose small shank gextends up into the passage a suitable distance, having secured to its top a er'osshead, n, resting in slots z' z' to prevent turning, and pressed down by a coiled spring, 7:, or in some equivalent manner. `Thus it Will beseen that the pcintfis always pressed'open, except when it is entering the cork, and

when vthus pressedopen there is an unimpeded passage upward till .cu't oli' by the stop-cock.-

y The instrument constructedin this manner is specially adapted for drawing liquor from cl1ampagnebottles,

"".an'd similar uses where the liquid is forced out by compressed gas, and whenV it is desirable to exclude atmosp heriqair.` When the ffaucet' is inserted, as shown in g. I, it will be seen that any desired amount of the" liquor may be drawn, and the remainder retained by simply closing-'the cock, thus excluding theeair.

Faucets for champagne-bottles have been before known, (asi-n Pat-'ent No.V 30,920,) but they are not made' 'self-acting, as-I Ihave' above described. In lsuch cases, afterthe screw has been linserted through thepcork, the

l pointy, which is in liked cdntact with the seat` of the screw, must,be opened by some positive movement-of the shell abov'e, such as screwing down. In` my case there is no such movement as this. When' the point is pressed finto the cork the point is' self-closingand when it has passed through itis self-opening, being thus automatic `in its action, and'not xed, as in the casesV above stated. I The only object off-the closingof .the point in my instrument is simplyto exclude from the passage a' cut tings'of the cork made by the screw which might otherwise clog at the point where the spring 7c is. inserted. VThe instrumentworks itself through the cork Ventirely closed at the lower end, but the moment it has passed it is free to allow allow of the liquidi The construction ofthe cross-head 7L and the spring 7c is such as to4 allow an unilmpeded passage, fornthe Gross-head is simply a piece of wire, occupying but`little space, and the spring'is also small. Theresting of the lmoss-head in the slots t'z'to prevent turning, also insures a better action by keeping all the parts -in place. This arrangement, by leavinga maximumpassage open, prevents sticking and gumming, which is a source of great diiricultyin other devices of thekih-d where the passage is contracted.

So far as I am aware, Athe isolated stop`cock d, in combination with the self-acting point,` is originalwth myself. I By itsemploylment I avoid the great expense of screws and other attachments, as in the cases before referredto, an'dalso prevent sticking and gumming up, I t is in 4the simplest and most effective form. In addition to its functions as a stop-cock, it also-servesias the handle by which 'the instrument is operated.

p v 'It will be seen Vthat Vthe device may be employed as an ordinary'corkscrew, independent of itsspecial us'c asa champagne-faucet. r Y i i i I do not claim broadly an nstrumenttin whiclia point is combined with a'hollow screw for drawing champague, &c., as I am aware that the same is not new.

WhatI 'claim as my inventioui, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is'

1. An automatic faucet for champagne-bottles, &c., in which the passage at the end of the screw' self-closes in entering the cork, and self-opens when passed through the cork, -substantially as heroin set forth.

2. The combination of the independent stop-cock d with the automatic pointf-and screw I), operating `substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. The special construction and arrangement of the parts, consisting of the case A, cock d, screw b, point' f, shank g, cross-head z, and spring k, operating as described, and for the purpose set forth.`

In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WM. I. LUTHER-i Witnesses s R. F; O scooo, J'. A. Davis. 

